CVE-2012-5265 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in multiple versions of Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android platforms. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. Organizations are advised to update affected Adobe products to patched versions to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.3.183.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.85.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.1.85.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.102.64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.1.102.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2.152.26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.2.152.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2.152.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flash_player:10.2.152.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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